![]() Of course, a smaller screen and general footprint will mean reduced battery life and slightly worse viewing experience with video, but there are consequences for the camera too. There are caveats attached to smaller, thinner, phones that might not be expected. Can be launched with a double-twist of the wrist.Front facing camera is 32MP, binning to 8MP.Rear main camera has 64MP and OIS, flanked by a 13MP ultra-wide.Though it might not have the acreage to be immersive in the way that some larger devices can, that it is usable one-handed means that it has some important advantages. Though it doesn’t make many grand strides to prove its quality over the competition, the display on the Edge 30 Neo is pleasant in every metric that matters. With a screen that refreshes at up to 120Hz the phone feels fast and fluid in general use, and the thin aspect ratio keeps it easy to use with one hand. At 1080p it has resolution enough to keep things sharp while sporting strong colour saturation and contrast as a result of its OLED construction. On the front, the display impresses too, with enough in the way of oomph to stand up to its peers. That it has wireless charging too is a nice surprise, as it is something that much of the competition at the price point omits entirely. Overall the Neo isn’t necessarily the most interesting phone on the market, or at the price point, from a design perspective, but it is robust and comfortable to use, both of which are significant strong points. My review unit came in a fetching purple, and there are three other options available. At some point in the past, it was decided by a shadowy court that black, white and grey were the sole colour options for mobile phones that the public could have – and the Neo exists in rebellion of that decision. Happily, colour options are a strong point. That isn’t to say that it will be able to survive a big drop, that certainly isn’t the case, but that the rear can survive an encounter with keys in a jacket pocket and emerge unscathed. Beyond making it immune to the death drops that glass devices seem so prone to, it means that this is a phone that can be used naked (i.e. ![]() The phone is constructed entirely of plastic, with a rough grippy texture on the rear. Much of the competition is in a similar position, but the lack of proper resistance is still a drawback. This is with the important caveat that said drop should not involve water or liquid of any sort, there is no water resistance here, only splash resistance. ![]() The lack of weight can be initially jarring, a consequence of the light plastic used in its construction, but it is nicely balanced and feels as though it could survive an impromptu drop. There are few other options on the market offering a similar form factor, and almost none at the same price.īeyond simple size, the Neo is a well-built phone. If you are someone who has small hands, or trouble with larger phones, the Neo should be on your list by default. A phone designed first and foremost with one-handed usage in mind, it weighs almost nothing (155g) and is simple to use on the go. The Motorola Edge 30 Neo, over all of the competition, is one thing, and that is small. Has a flat OLED screen with 1080p resolution.The question then, as it has ever been, is: does a smaller form factor do enough to distinguish the Neo, both from more premium members of the same device line and the competition? Design and screen This said, at the price of entry it finds itself up against a host of powerful players, each offering options that blend a similar set of specs, though all of them are larger. Though it may be smaller, and cheaper, than its kin, it has a 1080p OLED display, a 50MP camera, a powerful processor and an interesting design to boot – so it is hardly a poor cousin. It is positioned against its more premium brethren, the Ultra and the Fusion, as a more utilitarian, everyman option though it does come with an interesting sheet of specifications. In the present, the Motorola Edge 30 Neo is a ‘small’ phone, though with a screen of over 6 inches it is still gargantuan by the standards of a decade ago. Since the mobile phone first became a fixture in modern life there have been designs characterised as ‘too big’ and others that emphasise pocketability – both being heavily contextual to the time period in question. ![]() Few design concepts in the smartphone world are as long in the tooth, and arguably none are as dogged in their refusal to die.
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